When committing bash crimes..:

👎 set -euo pipefail

👍 set -o errexit -o nounset -o pipefail

(Give the person reading your script a fighting chance at being able to search the manual for exactly how the heck the cryptic header incantations are influencing shell behaviour in crucial and subtle ways. Greybeards will already know, but it may give a new learner just a bit more of a chance to learn the old magic more easily. Help maintain the front door as well as the foundations and plumbing.)

I hereby coin the term "Ptolemaic Code" to refer to software that appears functional but is based on a fundamentally incorrect model of the problem domain. As more code is generated by AI, the prevalence of such code is likely to increase.
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#TheGeneralTheoryOfSlop

I've been out of the loop for a couple of years on Linux phones. I'm poking around on blogs and Mastodon posts, but I figured I'd just ask:

Whats currently (as of January 2026) the most functional, stable, boring phone + OS combination?

Edit: I have been so thrilled with the conversations! Thank you all for sharing projects, experiences, knowledge, and links! I'm also following a lot of new folks :) This post is at 400+ boosts, so no need to continue boosting :)

#linuxmobile #linuxphone